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Why Not Just Give Each Champ Their Own Store?

Rebonack·3/20/2019, 5:43:14 AM·1 votes·1,458 views

When the winds of change begin pushing a champ toward what was previously a niche build, it tends to get crushed pretty quick. It's no secret that only a select few champions are allowed to have multiple build paths, and even then if the 'wrong build' gets too strong it'll get destroyed. AP ratios get removed. AD ratios get removed. Ratios get chopped off at the knees to discourage building this or that item.

So... why even beat around the bush over it?

What if every champion had their own custom store with, say, twelve to eighteen items in it? Those items are each unique to that champion and play to their strengths (or weaknesses). Item too strong on a given champ? Their version of it gets nerfed without ruining it for everyone else. Riot doesn't want someone to be built as an AP champ? Then don't give them access to the lion's share of AP items (if any).

Keep in mind here, better than half the items in the game on any given champ are trap options (hey there Deathcap Vayne). What does the game gain by filling it to the bursting point with false choices?

A terrible idea, probably, but I'm curious to see what others think.

4 Comments

Mordepool3/20/2019, 11:13:53 AM3 votes

They want the perception of item diversity.

S V 3/20/2019, 6:30:34 AM2 votes

I see it to be a bit tedious for them to implement and also gives them more control on the Meta (Something I'm very strongly against). Examples of their interference would be champion reworks that could have just been an entirely different champion or the Positional Ranking system. Some things should be left untouched. I do think you're on the right track that other champions should get more build paths but I disagree with the sense they are to be made exclusive to a champion. I think they should be made open to all champions and to just add more items to the pool, leave it to the players to decide the combinations.